by Emily | Jun 17, 2026 | Clean Energy News
By Monica Brummer, Director of the Pacific NW Center of Excellence for Clean Energy One of the most difficult moments I’ve faced has been sharing news with our staff, advisory board members, supporters, and champions that the Center of Excellence is closing. Yet even...
by Emily | Jun 11, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Fusion
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the finalized Fusion Science and Technology (FS&T) Roadmap, a national strategy to accelerate the development and commercialization of fusion energy on the most rapid, responsible timeline in history....
by Emily | Jun 10, 2026 | Clean Energy News
Oregon’s Bonneville Dam is the last of 14 dams on the Columbia River before it empties into the Pacific Ocean. (Courtesy of the Bonneville Power Administration) Developers are thinking about building a new transmission line to help meet the Northwest’s energy needs; a...
by Emily | Jun 4, 2026 | Clean Energy News
May 17, 2017 – Blue Mountain Geothermal Plant, Nevada Geothermal Power (NGP), Humbolt County, Nevada. Production well. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / National Laboratory of the Rockies, 048293) Chelan, Douglas and Grant PUDs are considering a partnership to...
by Emily | Jun 3, 2026 | Battery, Clean Energy News, Solar
Solar panels being installed on top of MLK Community Center. (Courtesy of Avista Utilities.) This year, the first community-based microgrid in Eastern Washington began powering the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center (MLK Center) in East Central Spokane....